The sun has just risen from the Tasman Sea over Watson's Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Click this photo to make it much bigger via EarthPhotos.com.
This is from a single RAW, re-exposed -3, -2, -1, 0, +1 & +2 and saved as .tifs, combined and tonemapped in Photomatix and finished with several steps in Photoshop CS5, then applying the Glamor Glow filter from Nik.
See 338 other HDRs in the HDR Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
What a great HDR shot! Love the detail in the rocks and what a view! Those houses are very close to the edge of the cliff aren't they?
Great blog by the way
Posted by: Marc Collins | 15 September 2011 at 12:30 PM
Thanks so much, Marc. On a train to Adelaide, we met an older couple who told us that for years they stayed at the Watson's Bay Hotel every Christmas season for a big fancy splurge, and that they had such fond memories of the place. We had a night or two in Sydney at the end of our holiday, so we stayed there.
Here's the hotel web site:
http://www.watsonsbayhotel.com.au/
There's a terrific view back to Sydney from their deck, here:
http://www.earthphotos.com/Countries/Australia/4297107_kG3pD#723618396_jLkQ6
and a little park just across the street called Sydney Harbour National Park. That's where this shot is from. Yeah, they ARE pretty close to the cliff, aren't they?
Posted by: Bill | 15 September 2011 at 01:02 PM